Sheet-metal vessel.



W. J. REUTER & W. H. HATZ.

SHEET METAL VESSEL.

APPLIOATION IILBD JAN. 26, 1910.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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W. J. REUTBR & W. H. HATZ.

SHEET METAL VESSEL.

APPLICATION FILED 3111.26, 1910.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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SHEET-METAL VESSEL.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 19, 1910.

Application filed January 26, 1910. Serial No. 540,253.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, l/VILLIAM J. RnU'rnR and lVILLIAM H. I-IATZ, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal Vessels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

Our invention has relation to improvements in sheet metal vessels; and it consists in the novel details of construction more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a watering pot showing our invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross sectional detail on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side view of the lower terminal of the side handle, before the same has been clenched to the body of the pot; Fig. 1 is a vertical section of the body of the pot, showing the side handle clenched thereto according to our invention; Fig. 5 is a face view of the lower end of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a perspective of a colfee pot made according to our invention, the lid of the pot being omitted; Fig. 7 is an enlarged vertical section through the wall of the body portion, showing the handle attached thereto; Fig. 8 is a top plan of the upper portion of the handle, with one of the ears between which the lid is pivoted, shown in the position as originally stamped, and before being turned up to its working position; Fig. 9 is a perspective of a culinary pot showing our invention applied thereto; Fig. 10 is an enlarged sectional detail on the line 10-10 of Fig. 9; Fig. 11 is a perspective of a dishpan with our invention applied; Fig. 12 is a sectional detail on the line 12-12 of Fig. 11; Fig. 13 is a perspective of a drinking cup with our invention applied; and Fig. 14: is a vertical sectional detail showing the manner of attaching the handle.

The object of our invention is to provide sheet metal vessels with means for securing rigid bails or handles thereto without the use of rivets, and without the necessity of the labor incident to the riveting operation. The elimination of the rivets too, results in the cheapening of the cost of manufacture of the vessel, and results in a more attractive appearance therefor.

The invention is not limited in its application to any particular form or character of Vessel, and in the present application a number of standard vessels are illustrated to show the application of the principle employed.

In detail the invention may be described as follows Referring to the drawings, and for the present to Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, 1 represents the body portion of a watering pot having the usual apron 2, and provided with an upper stiffening bead Z) in the present instance of a wire w with the edge of the metal folded thereover. In practice, and for light vessels, the wire to may be dispensed with as well understood in the art. The upper handle or bail 3 has its terminals passed through slits or openings 0 formed in the body and apron of the pot and then firmly bent over and clenched to the bead Z), the bail being thus rigidly connected to the potwithout the use of rivets or similar devices. The side handle 4 has its lower end initially stamped with a shoulder or offset 8 and a terminal tapering tongue t which is inserted through a slit or opening 0 in the wall of the pot, and then subsequently the parts are so clenched to the wall of the pot as to cause the base of the handle to bear a suitable distance along the outer surface of the pot on one side of the slit 0, the shoulder s engaging the inner surface a corresponding distance on the same side of the slit, whereas the tongue 25 extends across the slit and overlaps the same for a suitable distance on the opposite side thereof, so that all possibility of leakage at this point is practically eliminated. Especially is this true when the vessel has been submerged in the galvanizing bath which fills up all cracks, and interstices between the portions of the metals. The upper end of the handle 1 is secured about the bead Z), the same as the rigid bail 3.

In the case of a coffee pot 5 (Figs. 6, 7, 8) the handle 6 can not be secured about the bead b, on account of the presence of the ears or lugs 7 which serve to carry the pivotal pin or spindle of the hinged lid (not shown). In this example, both ends of the handle are formed with a terminal tongue t and an intermediate bend s pressed to the body of the pot on opposite sides of the slit or opening 0 through which the tongue is initially passed, a portion of the handle engaging the outer wall of the pot opposite the bend s for a distance coextensive with said bend.

In a culinary vessel such as 8 (Figs. 9, 10) where a heavy and thick projecting handle 9 is usually employed, and which could not be conveniently stamped and bent in the manner of the thinner handles previously described, we punch from the base of the handle two tongues t, pass them through slits cut in the wall of the vessel, then press them up against the inner wall of the vessel opposite the base of the handle engaging the outer wall, whereby the handle is thus rigidly secured in place.

In the case of a dish-pan 10 (Figs. 11, 12) the ends of the handles 11 are formed with tongues t and bends s as in the forms previously described. In the drinking cup 12 (Figs. 13, 14) the handle 13 is secured on the order of that described in connection with the side handle 41 of Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4.

In all the forms described, it will be noticed that each handle is secured to the wall of the pot or vessel at two points, the handle being clenched at each of these points to the opposite faces of the wall and rigidly secured thereto. This is even true of the form illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10, the tongues t being spaced apart and thus constituting 'two independent points of sup port. In no instance are rivets or similar securing means employed, and thus the manner of securing the handle is materially simplified. The examples here illustrated obviously do not exhaust the applications of i this invention.

Having described our invention, what we claim is:

1. In combination with the wall of a vessel provided with slits spaced a suitable distance apart, a handle disposed on one face of said wall, and having its ends terminating in tongues passed through and extending across the slits on the opposite face of said wall, the tongue being formed with a basal portion bent against and clenched to, said face on one side of the slit.

2. In combination with the wall of a vessel provided with slits spaced a suitable distance apart, a handle disposed on one face of said wall and having its ends terminating in tongues passed through the slits, the bases of the tongues leading from portions bent against the opposite face of the wall on one side of the slit, the tongue being disposed across the slit on the same side of the wall, and the handle having a portion engaging the wall on the side opposite the bent portion formed at the base of the tongue, the parts being firmly clenched or pressed to the body of the vessel.

3. In combination with a Vessel having a slit formed in the side wall thereof, a handle bearing against the outer face of the wall and terminating in a member passed through and across the slit on the inner face of said wall, the base of said member leading from a member bent against the inner face of the said wall on one side of the slit.

4. In combination with a Vessel having an opening formed in the wall thereof, a handle having a portion passed through said opening and bent against the wall on one side of the opening and an extension of said bent portion continued across the opening whereby the latter is effectively sealed.

I11 testimony whereof we aflix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. REUTER.

WILLIAM H. HATZ.

lVitnesses EMIL STARER,

T. EVANS. 

